How does living in New York City allow Adrienne to grow as a person as noted in the memoir, Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me?

Attempting to recover from her profound depression, Adrienne starts her live over in New York. The city allows her to cultivate an identity, career, and future for herself free of familial drama and turmoil. It is here that Adrienne becomes involved in the literary world, and gradually establishes friendships outside her past life.